definitions; powers of West Virginia library
commission; designations by state agencies.

(a) There is hereby established the state depository library
clearinghouse which shall be under the direction of the state
library commission.

(b) As used in this section, the following terms have the
following meanings:

(1) "Public document" means any document, report, directive,
bibliography, rule, newsletter, pamphlet, brochure, periodical,
request for proposal, or other publication, whether in print or an
unprinted format, that is paid for, in whole or in part, by funds
appropriated by the Legislature and may be subject to distribution
to the public;

(2) "Depository library" means a library designated to
collect, catalog, maintain and make available all or particular
selected state publications to the general public; and

(3) "State agency" means any state office, whether
legislative, executive or judicial, including, but not limited to,
any constitutional officer, department, division, bureau, board,
commission or other agency which expends state appropriated funds.

(c) The state library commission shall establish a state
depository library clearinghouse to receive and distribute all
state public documents to the depository libraries around the
state.

(d) The commission shall designate a state library staff
member as director of the state publications clearinghouse for librarians. The director shall hold a graduate degree in library
science from an accredited institution of higher learning. The
clearinghouse shall establish requirements for eligibility to
become and remain a depository library.

(e) In designating a library as a depository library the
clearinghouse shall consider the geography of the state and the
existing federal depository libraries. West Virginia University
library, Marshall University library and the state department of
archives shall be designated as complete depository libraries that
shall receive two copies of all public documents. The
clearinghouse shall also, pursuant to the requirements it
establishes hereunder, designate other libraries around the state
as depository libraries, upon request from a library.

(f) Each state agency shall designate one person as its
documents officer while notifying the clearinghouse of his or her
identity. The documents officer shall, prior to the public release
of any state public document, deposit with the clearinghouse a
minimum of fifteen copies as required to meet the needs of the
depository library system. If fewer than forty copies of a public
document are produced, no more than two such copies are required to
be deposited with the clearinghouse.

Note: WV Code updated with legislation passed through the 2014 1st Special Session
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